cover news reporter Song Xiao
can generate a video by inputting keywords, and the video can be switched between multiple angles. Nowadays, AI-generated videos are becoming a new trend, but disputes and infringements also bring new legal issues.
After the first-instance judgment of the country's first "AI-generated image copyright infringement case" came into effect, the country's first "AI audio-visual works infringement case" will also be heard for the first time in the Beijing Internet Court on May 15.
html On May 14, the cover news reporter talked to the plaintiff’s attorney in the case and learned that the plaintiff in the case was “Xianren Yikun”, the creator of the trailer for “Mountains and Seas”, and filed a lawsuit against “Wen Ke Creation” and claimed 500,000 yuan. .The plaintiff's infringed AI audio-visual work is a trailer
In January 2024, a 4k trailer titled "Wonderland of Mountains and Seas" produced by AI appeared on the short video platform. It was this time that the creator of the trailer announced that "Idle People" One Kun".
The picture above is the trailer of "Wonderful Lands of Mountains and Seas" and the picture below is the short film of "Wen Ke Creation" (provided by the interviewee)
He said that "Fantasy Mirrors of Mountains and Seas" is the first big AI movie he wants to prepare, a A few months ago, he used gpt to generate pictures + runway Tusheng video to make the first version. After consulting and discussing with various professional and technical personnel, he made the trailer.
He claimed that this less than two-minute trailer featured various rare and exotic animals, and combined elements from various movies and pictures such as "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" to generate a video. As soon as the video was released, it sparked heated discussions.
The picture above is the trailer of "Wonderland of Mountains and Seas" The picture below is the short film of "Wen Ke Creation" (provided by the interviewee)
The reporter noticed that as of May 14, this video had 75,000 views on a short video platform Views, more than 2,000 likes.
believes that AI audiovisual works also have intellectual property rights
When the popularity of the video continued to rise, the creator "Xianren Yikun" filed a lawsuit against the operator of an account called "Wen Ke Creation".
According to the content of the lawsuit, the plaintiff accused it of using AI technology to copy and publish highly similar infringing videos without permission.
The reporter contacted Li Yunkai, the plaintiff’s attorney in the “AI Audiovisual Works Infringement Case” and confirmed that the case was officially filed in the Beijing Internet Court on April 11, 2024, and will be heard for the first time on May 15. According to the indictment obtained by
reporters, the plaintiff claimed that it discovered that the defendant’s “Wen Ke Creation” account completely copied and used the copywriting, dubbing, and music of the plaintiff’s trailer of “Mountains and Seas” without permission, and the defendant used AI tools to The shots of the plaintiff's work are redrawn and reproduced one by one. Whether it is the overall visual effects such as the shot content, image modeling, color matching, picture layout, or the local details of the picture, they are highly similar and corresponding to the plaintiff's work. Plagiarism of the plaintiff’s work. Moreover, the defendant claimed that the work was original, did not indicate the source of the work, and did not retain the relevant signature of the plaintiff.
The picture above is the trailer of "Wonderland of Mountains and Seas" The picture below is the short film of "Wen Ke Creation" (provided by the interviewee)
The plaintiff believes that based on clear topic selection and creative needs, he used AI tools such as pixverse to edit and edit After completing the audio-visual work involved in the case, he legally enjoyed the copyright of the audio-visual work. The defendant now plagiarizes and uses the plaintiff's audio-visual works and deletes the plaintiff's signature information without the plaintiff's permission. The infringing work is substantially similar to the plaintiff's work in terms of overall effect and details, seriously infringing on the information network enjoyed by the plaintiff. The rights of dissemination, adaptation, authorship and other rights constitute infringements stipulated in Article 52 of the Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China. The defendant is required to immediately stop the infringement, compensate the plaintiff for its economic losses, apologize and eliminate the impact. , requesting that the defendant be ordered to compensate the plaintiff for economic losses and reasonable expenses of 500,000 yuan. Controversies over the content created by
ai are common. Who owns the copyright of the generated video?
In fact, before this case, there were precedents for copyright disputes involving AI-created content.
In January 2024, the country’s first AI-generated image copyright infringement case was judged and came into effect.After the pictures generated by the plaintiff Li Yunkai using the stable diffusion model were infringed, he sued the Beijing Internet Court. After five trials, the court finally determined that Li Yunkai's pictures were "original", met the definition of a work, and were works of art. , protected by copyright law. (Note: Li Yunkai is the plaintiff in the "AI-generated image copyright infringement case")
On April 23, 2024, the Beijing Internet Court pronounced the country's first AI sound infringement case. The plaintiff, Ms. Yin, had her voice imitated by AI technology and was The case emphasized that if the sound generated by AI is identifiable, it should be protected by law, and the authorization of sound recordings is not equivalent to the authorization of sound.
Li Yunkai, the plaintiff’s attorney in the “AI audio-visual works infringement case” told the cover news reporter: “The plaintiff used AI tools in creation and invested in intellectual labor. He should have corresponding rights to the generated content. In the infringing video, not only Copied the copywriting, dubbing and music of the plaintiff's trailer, and redrawn the picture through AI tools, making the overall effect and detailed features highly similar to the plaintiff's work. The defendant claimed that the work was original, did not indicate the source of the work, and did not retain it. The plaintiff’s signature. And the defendant also used the work for commercialization and live broadcast through the self-media matrix account "
. Regarding the copyright ownership of the videos generated by AI, Li Yunkai told reporters that currently, the work created by AI is legally prohibited. There is no clear definition of whether it is original or not, and it must be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
